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OUR CA N DID ATE STATE ISSUES.
-jrhe Raietgh (Kegidtrrin its two last issues,
sums up the difficulties between ihe Whigs of
thti eastern aod Western portions ofj tbej 3ate,
ui lb itil'jrct of cuaslitulioual rrlorro,. and
gitea its opinioo, rasur r . maiura deliberation,
that the Convention, s&oy Id select a candidate
liar Governor, tcdhout reference to his vines
on' questions oj Stale reform J 'bis opiuioo is
supported by well tempered and h weighty g
meat j by releiWce ju the fact that diflWeoce
of opinion on matters State policy have here,
tofore been tolerated m the Whig parly, and
Inlisting that there is no good reason for depart
tag from Ibis loeg establi.hed principle.
The reason wbL-b w bare thought lo require
a different course of action are ibe result ol cir
cumtlancet orer wbicb netbePlbe Register nor
the Whig parljj bad j control ; clrcumstancei
wiich, however, leave os noue lb le$$ respon.
atble for the wise and aouest discharge of our
duties, under ibem, to jibe ewwiiou wealth
f the pdtnt ol ibe whole matter to be (ound
Int the first sentence ;ul the following extract
from (be Register Ii Ml article, and the nega.
lite causf lot' defrat initbo balauce ol tbe para,
graph, we claim no more than common ga
city in publibig M jdiscoverf beiore hand ;
j)H$ut it may be iid that or Candidate.. will
be forced lo niake ibis isue. forced by
Whom T Where does 'the Governor derive the
right to interfere with the question ? What
right bas be to dictate to or evenj advise the
SepreseniUives of the People f VfP the Coj.
jiution 1 1 Tbere is iijot a line j or j syllable in
that instrument jwbichj confers upon" him such ja
poWer, arid God forbid that there ever should
t9. lAnjliucb attempt on tbepartjof an Exe
cutive would deserve the prompt rebuke of tbe
legislature.! Even after bis installation into
. office! constitutionally1 he has no more right to
obtrude bis views, on tucb a question, upon the
Legislature, jiban a private individual. This is
lb"e ground the. Wbig Faily took in the Presiden
ts I election of i848, and it is the true KepubU
: jican ground,, jTbe Representative should be
Mtlt uninfluenced, unbiased, by any and alloffir
j cUls, whether they be of a high or low grade!
Could" not our Candidate say so 1 Would he
fntbesystajnei io it 'by tbe Peopled ;Woud
tte)t not ee at; a glarice, thai it is ia doctrine
consonant with! the freedom ol their: itepresen
UvesT, It; makes no difference how this ba
been in times past, 1 we have been wrong,
Weibou!d ritfhl ourSelvei. 'The iSubner lb
better. VVe ask for tlie grant of such poejr.
Whence it is deried There js a vast differ
pbee Jbetwen ciictatir to, or adviing the Leg
islaturevon a questiun ot State policy, especi
ally ot Constitutional eform, aod giving it in
iqrmauon in rejerence to us ananciai.aua civil
a&atrs. 'We aik aaln for the Article in the
Cloostituttoo, by virtue of which the Executive
prasumea to 'ad vise or dictate to the Legisla
ture.? If it icannot be found, then wherefore
nake;ibis; qtesjionHest ! Did we not cerj-
favorite bobbv:!" ;
The RegisJer could scarcely: have given us a
!
of the eastern
ufiorded to our
i mAn anrl aliett'ins. kf I tnf hoittive act or
oegaiiTe poitToo at iwrs, ibis state of things.
:' Our rnetropoUtan eoleropnrary and othor eas.
tern papers are in the habit, perhapa uncon
sciously, of taking it (or igranted!that the Wbiga
of tbe1 west are! intruding tbestf State reform
questions into I be canvass, and Warding them
a responsible for any divuions lhu created in
tbe party, ;Tbis is unjust, Tbe questions un.
der consideration are thaf,n without the agen.
v ufflbe Wbiz oanr ir any Wbi individual:
Tkevhave ti be met Let uf:tteei them man
fully a ltd wisely.
, Some indication of tbe tempe
Whis in this matter has been
readers bv extracts froroiheir papers. We are
ready to concede much to the opinions and even
the nreiudiices of our oolitical brethren of the
Eaiti; But f if they cboosb to ally themselves
wiih the rnocracy inj securing such constttu.
.ton refocnUwhy ibey 'jrnuat fTidB the cohse
duencrs ol western spirit! and sectional division
that's all. i -v'.-;i,:- -.j ' :
We trust io the counsels of the April Con.
vent ion of tbet Whigs of the Stale, to prescribe
some way in jwhicib .we can all 6 together.
Every portion of the State ought lo be fully rrp.
resettled here, ; and in consideration of the un.
unuajl impurtance of the occasion, we hope that
the Strongest men of the several delegaliona
froirkcouuty meetings wijll go.
Our views have been! pretty fully expressed
on this matter and the, views of our newspa.
per coiemporaries, ol all parts of jthe State, have
been liberally transferred to the columns of the
Pain'oj. j iV shall hereafter devotialess space
to the Bubje unless necessity should otherwise
require. Ddr object ashereiofore intimated, is
to bave our jay before the April Convention.
THE CONVENTION AND THE GO
1 i ! ! VERN0RJSH1P.
Some of! the y hi g papers in cbe. Easi
f rn pttrt obe State, are very much afraid
the Convention question will defeat our
condidate for Governor indeed it has
beenjpropnecied that such iyill be the ef
fect, if be 'advocates this doctrine. We
think directly tbje reverse. This measure
is popularand, in oar opinion, would be
irresistible before the mass of the people.
U thte nominee jot the Wh g convention
takes this position, we will have no fear
Hof the result; even should there be a little
jaisanection among our eastern jnenas.--'The
stre6th of the Whig party is in the
West; ahtj when the time ;comes for the
hardy mountaineers to ballot on this
uestion tiejy will roll up majority in
its favor, only equalled in the days ol
But notwitn-
subject, and
lore sir ilking jndlion
of the platform which
Woke down under Gv. Manly, if it had un
dertakeVa skelich tb'ejreol in eipress terms. !
All this resaning sounds, well enough ; , and
W i4iw1ycibnu.hinl tbe'''aistracti alt that lis
licking io make i) effectual, ii to persuade Gov,
leid andlhe rarty uider his ibumfa to say no
niore aUoul jrep sutlrage or any State questiu
ell ibei ibat they 'violate alt precf dent and
nroprietyJ and, stand jery. much in their uuo
light, bv figging freesuffrage into' the gubei
natoriai campaign and not leaving ; it entire iy
jih( ithe jeaiuuafeTfer the Legislature ! 'MaW
ne thyey wjll b lievelyou, and take you at yur
o'Tbeo, but jrijqt till then, can we go
cjheerlylljrj into a Sate canvass without refer
enco tclduestion of State reform.:;: ' . 4'
" Btit it roajf be eaid I bat! our candidate will
lje prcedt td' make this issue1; , We do sap so ;
belie vje it Cannot be avoided ; and it is from
bis conviction, which has been impressed upon
our rmnqs Irom tbe first, that we bave been en-
. ' i r . It ! . ,
jleavorng to wake oh our fellow citizens to
a
timely consideration of the matter. When tjie
sirgjsier, says pnai our candidate should be se
. lectd !witboutefer)ence lo bis views on quep
tion of State reform,," we presume thai it meai.s
I)e.qughtj to abstain from taking issue on any of
hete queiiious. Jf jj means any thing it means;
v.'! ,':;)lf,e,l,,,e our-candidate, lor a
lmomeht. In plifs posit ion. , Hejre 'we' bave. Gov,
j Rei i0be;jWWUn his free) sufiragaV iropo
; sition.lhe vrapon jof offence with which he
acbievjfd hit victory ol 1850, pressing U wjib
; all thezeal, ind earnestness ol a public man
jwho basgot s favorite measure Half lArouA,
and is stimulated aliernaii'ly by apprehensions
K and jbopi of success in tbe future. The sub.
l ject Is jtbus h kept bjefore the people' in spite
gf al jds jthal majrj be entertained of the im.
ropneN s?cb conduct. Iri this sta:ef at
!r4 -'e big candidate lakes the slump. A
. werv nalnral innt(2rJ uiill I rfi; "
.! 'i
What are! Tour : sentiments, sir. on Ibis so.
pntichtlalketlf matter 2 are? vou in favor! of
Ne.suflrage:t !!''' 1 ' -)V
rqanj,tsayI bir. I" -- S I -hi: . -j
Are; yiu against i ? j rHv-'- . '
. Don't like to telljj -;. ':;(' i f
iA(M would; not b ofleneireL-are vou lor' or
against the mode o amending' tbe constitution
'l ,IMm -; : candidate: ifdlr Governor ; of the Stale,
and therefore: propose to have nothing to do with
anyrStakr auatrsJl : i 1-i -. ,.
4 ::F.M,jnrei wasa great deal said last winter
!' fPf'PfP ina winter beiore in the
legislature About k reform Convention aire
you In fivor of such Convention!
cooh skins and hard cider
standing our , views on this
hotwiihstandrng we still intend to advo-
calean Open Convention and use every
isxeriioh tin our-power to effect the con
summaiTon desired, we wi.l not, under
tiny circumstances, withhold our support
from the Wbig candidate for Governor,
should his views, on this subject, happen
to differ with our own. . ;
The. Malional principles of the) Whig
party are too important to justify any dis
affection in the ensuing campaign, on ac
count otj collateral questions and! minor
points of1 difference. We have no idea
llhat any ' considerable portion of the De
biocrattpj party ; would unite with us on
this question. We are tooamiliar with
the completeness of their system of drill
and tbe elasticity of their principles, to
expect any such anomaly! ih ;
1 Albovef all things there should 1e no
disaffection among the Whigs of the West;
this was the cause of our defeat two years
ago; If the West is united, we can beal
Davy Kid with or without the Conven
iion! question.. With itt we would beat
him so bad, that io the perplexity of bis
mind he; would anxiously ! inquire, did
that sforriJ hurt anyj body else V
j Qur EMtern friends, we think, are rin.
necessarily frightened, at present, on this
suject. . But the longer the; contest is de
layed and it is bound to come ihe worse
for their interests, will it be. We are in
clined to think the basis Question would
hotl nowbe touched. There is, at any
county. las tar
Even if the
Jf-- V ,
esejmlttera.
orce me to iriake any issue on
1
. f iraai a rioicuioua nnmllnn Tltiit a rvnaitlnn
?ffVfcH appears 4 to us. ouii canoidste mustbe
l",ccf if? 11 f"SeWct bim reJereMee
i f?Tl l11 P bave a candidate who can say
lor bltmelt, iod in reply to Gov, Reid, 1 am
rr01 Hf prwm and all other attempta to
ro,f tbe constitution by legislative enactment;
1 am in favor of a pea and an restricted Con.
ntioof tba Vhpe chosen for lae purposfof
ffc fl0,,"f lo" ude 4iiement, vJiib
i, view to proper reforms, unconnected with any
iavorjor ppbs ibiji plain proposition? f f
j That jcbnstit ut ibnal amendments are to be,
made1, is? a, conclusion from' which it is too fate
'antriiu am
free Cotivfntion. IThe tit
to turn away.! i Tbe issue, arises between iba
moad of amendment, by legislative enaetmeht.
and bis part v. and br a
time is al hind to tkke
k " 1 I -.VS m 1 . i . mrt J 1 i
sidet on taisrissuei jo siaoa astae, ana per
rail free fc'uflrase foj go (tbrbugh) by default
urill be in give up a Convention, and to aubnttt
4 bejdrJiWratelx aiked oyer by; a train jpf
Dfniocraitc bobbies, tbe end of j which no man
Now. w hate not tba remotest luea
fate, no disposition in this
as we knbw. to distu'rh! i.
present; basis was attacked, there would
how be ajj prospect of. a compromise. If
the Convention question is not settled at
once, there is not the shadow of a doubt
that, in a few years, the whole West will
be roused in its favor. Then the f West
'twill bej arrayed against jthe East the
bone of contention will be he alteration ot
the basis of representation! and distribu
tion of the school fund the West will get
the bone and the East will be snowed
hnrJerl Hbwill be the ejnd in our opin
bn. We are nita prophet nor tbe son
Of .a propliejt, and canpot exactly say with
the wi2adjin LochicrsWarning
J l "Tlsithfe sunset of life 'gives melnystical lore
f ; f And corning events cast their shadWs before
hut time Will prove whether or not we are
correct iti the premises.-Concord Mercury.
GIIIM P3ES OfIpaRIS.
lnto
A PRIVATE Li
STTER.
Paris, Febsvabt 7, 1852.
I M In Ibis land, no I6nger oaf of liberty, equal
tiy, or traternity, n is never aiquestio
f ! couy Tetat is right ror witngt bu
16tenjoMc Wa bhinder; and up to
ft is um-ertain bow to denominate
question whether
but whether
this lima
nominate tbe blow
my part, I con
st rongly opposed
whom resigned.
t -
can see;
..u
at; tbe Orleans party. For
der it cnjoue It was
of Ibe Ministry, several o
knd by alf the numbers of; IfTapolepo'a family ;
put ne was unmoved by femonstrance or en
treaty. : The Leeitimists aonrove it. not onlv as
an act of retributive just ic but because ihey
Py t j If eli the. road fof jjbeir return. The
army is lilso cmMrnVlbr tt lshares largely the
.spoils. jBMj the Clergy, !rn it was suppos
ed might iba propitiated inj ie same way, re
volt at the semblance of ooert briber v. and are
shocked, jar affect to be, at tjia proposal to oiaka
hem reiceives' of stolen goods. ! - j
; ! j- About ten days ago 1 was present at the
nrst ball the Inauguration ball at tbe Tu
;jteries.t i entering tbe palace the coupiTctil
of I he vestibule and the ascent to the salons.
by tba raagnificeni escalie r of wo retreating
a:gbts of marble steps, lined with blooming ole
j i -
tanners and orance trees.
beautiful: jwoixien ;and . gliijering
orimani .andj lairyliao ... in
yasjaaidhal the;blaxa f
former diDlaV. ' ! Eiaheen
i ! "if, : . ' i
and thronged with
men., was
be extreme. It
ightj exceeded any
thousand bougies
burned In richest
jglast chandehertt wbicb:
reflected in! the jewels on tbe bosoms; of the
fair and on the breasits of the military, rival,
led the entbautmenls of the balls of Aladdiu i
while in the Salle des Marecheaux, from ao
elevated alcove, (eslooned with the natioual co
lors , . to which tie eagle has been restored, a
choice orchestra Under Strauss discoursed sweet
music.;. H ' !' I I : H-.-',. AS ; ,!'
" The press about the President was quite
as ereat : as lr bave raver seen at tae Wbito
House in Washington. But I got through iti
introduced f myself, shook bands, andv oSered
congratulations:; for 1 tbousbt, until the issue
of the new; constitution,1 that he bad dime well.
He was in tbe unildrra of a general, and is
about live ; feel 1 nine inches in height, of a
compact, welt-knit figure. The portraits you
nave seenol bun are all good, audi it struck
roe be looked his character admiralitiy se
cret, calm, resolute, energetic. His most re.
markable features are! his eyes. Around them
are many curious lines, indicative almost of
cunniog. ; They are of no particular color,
are almost vacant of speculation, and tbose who
know bim best represent bim as the most
impenetrable oft men I tbe great Holas him
self could not unlock! bim.
It has generally
arrangements lor the
been supposed) that the
affair ol the 2d Decem
ber were rnadu by D& Morny, De i AIauphas,
and St.Ahnaitd, but! I have it from good au
thority that the smallest details, even to the cut
ting of the drum beads, were plannecr by rMa
poleon. Thus, on the morning of that day, at
the posts of tbe National Guard, not a drum
could be found fit for diuty, and the ordfr to beat
tbe rappej could not be executeq. j
Of course you perceive that the old in
vasion.panic of; tbe days of Walter) Scot t is
being revived in Eugjlaud ; but I am sure Na
poleon has too much sense to make war at pres.
ent. He can only secure bis position by main
taming the prosperity pf the industrial classes,
A ITS! nilU UIJglMtf j WUUiW UII1ICUI.!&IJ
up every port of France. A want of raw ma
terial, a restriction to continental markets, a
stoppage of work, barricades, and revolution
would follow. Besides, though r ranee is so
strong for defence, but a small part of her large
and admirable army could be spared for ag
gression upon England; for Paris requires sixf
iy thousand, Algiers seventy thousand,; and La
Vendee
war, would
and the Var,i in the event of such a
require
full as many more.
To theiEditors of the Nat. Intelligencer.
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Messrs. Gales & Seatox : During Ihe
war with Mexico six or seven companies
of mounted men volunteered frm the
State of Illinois, each person furpishing
bis equipage, arms excepted. 1 be express
understanding of the volunteers, hrat the
time of enlisting, was that their bprses, if
lost inline unitea oiaies service, were to
be paid for. When jmustered into Service,
persons appointed by Government valued
each horse, (pains being taken in Examin
ing them,) and their valuation sei down
on tbe muster-roll opposite the names of
tbose owning them.
For iwhat purpose were the horses val
ued if it was pot the intention of the Gov
ernmeot to pny for them when trjist ? 1 In
several companies where the men lost
their horses, and not having the oioney to
boy others,, they borrowed the amounts
required to remount them from their mess
mates and officers!; and this wals done
with tbe belief of all that the amounts
thus expended woud be repaid, il not at
the time at tbe expiration of the terms
for which they enlisted. j! I,"
At the close of the war one of the Illi
nois mounted companies was ordered to
march from Tampico to Matamoros, (five
hundred miles by ihe regular route.) tor
the want ot vessels to transport them to
New Orleans! At Matamoros ihe com
pany with one or two others from jthe
same State, was ordered to escort trains
of wagons, horses, and mules of tine quar
termaster's department through the Red
river, j- jr - ' ;
The sick at Tarr pico and Matamoros
were sent to New Orleans direct, and
their borses were sold before leaving Mex
ico, bringing very low prices. When ar
rived at Red riveri (Shreveport, La.) most
of the men sold their horses (being also at
a sacrifice) for the; purpose of receiving
by steamboats speedy transportation to
their homes, j : ' !'!
What a disappointment to thei soldiers,
when called up to receive their discharge
and pay. to be informed by the paymaster
and officers who mustered tbem! out of
service that they were not empowered io
pay them for their lost horses ; nor could
they even allow thein the pay of mount-,
ed men from the time tbey were dismount
ed. i certainly lessened the expanse to
the department fori the subsistence and
transportation of such horses as were thus
sold Petitions for tiheir losses, as -claims
properly, made out and certified to, have
r. 'rill "J j ' j ' 1 4 L ij L.' I
ueen torwarueu to i tae aeparirneii aim
sent (o their Representatives in Congress.
Nearly four years have elapsed since tbe j
close' of the war ; jy et these merfi have;
heard of no movement made.eithef in the ;
War department or uongress, io encour-
age tpem inline oeuei mat tueir cfise uasi
ever been considered.
What a commentary ppon the liberali
ty of a Government
f
k las citizens ol XMorrn uaroiina we: are
mm gratifieid atlbe zel and ability with
jvjrich ;M r. Badger haft:iosiat&
and conservative doctrines of the South in
nited Slates Senate, since the iCos-
mania land , other kindred fooleries
taken possession of thafvnee digni
body. While Cassnd Douglass, and
ard. And ' HMlf.JMhd nthf.ru nt t h Knmm
sttnp, bave been playingjhe Demagogue,
aplj tryingio create excitement out of
which tcynake political . capital for them
se ves, jnc matter what woes might betide
th s: country, our own true and faithful
Tforesentative of the unpretending State
th i sent him, has stood upon the platform
oft;he Father of his Country, and with
siljtvart arm hurled down the Goths and
Vandals by which it was invaded. The
vvjible South appreciates his patriotic ef
forts in behalf of ita true policy, and the
unprincipled press, that opened its batter
ies Upon bim for this course before it bad
srtofiVd the gale and ascertained, the sen
timent of the country, is a wed in silence.
Three months ago every. Democratic print
in tbe State was thirsting to bathe its
niuzzle in his blood : and foremost of the
trturderous pack was tbe Standard of tbe
ciy of his own residence hit pronounced
bijmj worse than a Turk, and totally repu
d rated and disowned biraL But the issue
of its fierce onslaught is likely to be simi
lar to that of the dos that assailed the
n of Islington :
The mm recorere'd of the bite.
The dog it wss that died."
if f " : ; !; 1 -;
; Mr. Webster is the subject of a very
ajtriusing anecdote, which we find in the
Washington correspondent of a New Or-
s paper, it is said that when Mons.
rtige, the new Minister from France,
asked Mr. Webster whether the United
Spates wquld recognise the new Govern
nient in France, the Secretary assumed a
rr solemn voice and attitude, saying
hy not ? The United States has recog-
nijzed the Uourbons, the Republic, the Di
rectory, the Council ot Fit'e Hundred the.
First Consul, the Emperor, Louis XVIII.
Charles X. Louis Phillippe, ihe'' " E-
rtougb, enough I cried the French Min
ister, perfectly satisfied by such a formi
dable citation of consistent precedents.
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THE RIGHT SPIRIT. ,
From ihe tenor-of lha resolutions passed at
some of the more recent Whig meeting in the.
Western counties ol the State, as well as. from
the lone o( lale articles in tomm of, theiWbig
papers thai are known to favour an open, iinre
sir ieted convention or the amendment 0 the
constitution, we are induced to hope and hejiTe
that our western Whig brethren are beginning
to see tbe widom and: necessityi of abstaining
from a discussion of thse dislra'ciing questions
during the coming canvass for Governor, j Thtt
and the nomination ol a proper canioaif1, we
feel confident, is all that is necessary to enable
ibe Whhfs to secure a iriumohknt victory: In
we bave more skill and experience in
that turns a dieaLeariHibeir con si union, and that the land tkn rm
f . I f TT fii-i iV ' 1 ' I 1 t
e ver-iaitni ut cntiaren, rpn ie iuiiuuai tor me roaas cost less.
devoted their tivestoj
to the prayers of its
L. a i -i fi m0, Anil
the fulfilment of tswisbes, yet wjll pnv.
ish thousands jof jdojllars upon foreignersJ
who care little for our country and insti-l
tutious, though by 1 feigning a sympathy.
for them they hope to gain their own self
ish ends. I h I A VOLUNTEER.
-I
Ihmesteadi Ifomption.A hotiesteadj
exempt ton 1 bill illaJ passed both branches
of tbe Tennesseej Legislature. It requires
the peiion'j Intehding to take ihejbenefitj
of it to file bis intentions before the is-
suance of execution. i , j j j
j-.. Deatn of. ffte! 'last, of the Boston jza
rDavid! kinisonJ the jlast srvi
.yoriit jtM Bostonians jwho threw the teja
overboard in Boston harbor, died at hit
residence in , Chicago, on the 24th o
February, at the extraordinary age o
one hundred and fifteen years.
9,
1 Iths saio that! the fortunes of the Roths
childs Wre iriotless ban1 $735mqorj.
From the ,Wishington Cor. of the Chsrieston Courier.
Washington, March 9.
Mr. Hunter reported a bill, in the Senate
yesterday, which is designed to remedy trie de-
Hiency in the silver change, and to promote
tbe coinage of gold in convenient forms. This
tji)lj tixes the weight of half dollars at 192
gr.ains, and quarter dollars, and dimes, and ball
dimes in proportion. It requires their coinage,
atjd their exchange at the mint for gold. Ii
iutborizes the purchase of silver lor coinage
Bd distribution ol the coins to ibe Sub Trea
inries. 11 renaers toese coins a legal tender
0 the extent of five dollars. The bid also nro
jdes for the stamping oKingols on bars of yold
at the mint, and for Ihe coin a ire of three dollar
ld pieces, of such shape and size as the Se
Cietary ol the Treasury may direct.
I The subjects of the petitions which daily
i;6me before Congress are as follows: for a
modification of the tariff; lor and against an
sjttenston of Wood worth's patent for his plan
lg; machine; for aid to the Collin line of
earners ; against the establishment of any
wsw line of steamers by ihe Government ; and
or and against intervention in foreign affairs.
No petitions come in from the anti sUvtrmea
I The Iowa land bill was further discussed
yesterday, in the Senate, ly Mr. Underwood,
tfhb claims for Ihe old States a fair share in
jthe; public domain, and opposes the large and
exclusive grants of land to the new Slates ;
and also opposes the pre emotion svstem. and
I gt s r j v -r
Itbe proposition for makins donations of land to
actual settlers. Mr. Underwood said that h
bad been a poor man himself; and bad found
industry the best cure for poverty. To-Wive
away lands would, be thought, encourage idle
ness, and obstruct improvement, and create a
worthless population. All that are fit to have
U would, ho thinks, buy it, at the Government
prire.
This bill has been laid aside lo lake tbe in
terreniion resolutions, upon which Mr. Seward
is io speak.
; Interchanges in statistical Inforrhalion are
going on between this government and that ot
France. .
The Minister pf tbe Department of ihe Inte.
rjojr of France, has lately sent a very full and
iburste etatement of ihe number and duties ol
officers of thai Department, and their salaries,
&c. . .
j The number of ihe officials employed is very
great. This Minister applied to this Govern
nient Tor a statement of ibe Rail Road system
of the United Slates. It has been prepared
and is quite ah interesting document. The
number of miles of rail roads in tbe United
States now in operation is 10,800. ! Eleven
thousand miles ;are in process ol construction.
At the beginning of 1860 we shall have 70,.
000 miles In operation.
The new rail roads in the South and West
do not cost more than half as much per mi In
as those built at ibe North, and for the reasons
THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN
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TnntSDAT ETESDrC. ttlliai 18, 1852.
Another ChangeDrs. J. J. bvuMz.
ell and Chaeles T. PoWEihave sold jthelr
interest in theexiehsj ve Drag Store hereto
fore known as jhat of Sumtrierelt, owe
&Co., to Dr. S. H. Pendleton, who has
bad considerable experience as a Drug
gist. Dr. Albert T Powe. an old practi
tioner,' and heretofore concerned in; the
Store, retains bis interest in tbe establish
ment. Their advertisement will appear
next. week; v ' ''f "'l-
August nxt. If ibe ronveniiolv question must
An interesting experiment, ordered by
the Secretary, of War, for the purpose of
testing the relativjmerits uf the Ononda
ga and Turk Island salt, has been made
at New York. I The occasion of this ex
periment is. that there hasexisted astrong
prejudice against salt of home jnanufac
iare ; arid for all orders for beef and pork
for the use of the Government it has been
6ipressly stiptilated that it should be pack
ed in Turks Island salt. The exrwrimn
jwas the packing of eight bondrcd barreU
oporic in tne iwo, varieties of salt, about
two or three months since, which w.
: backed and examined by competent judges
au. ,, cue meat packed in
Jhe two kinds of salt, was precisely the
samengompact and of the same col.
or. Nat Int.
come, let us al least drop it lor ihsTpreseni, so
far as it is practicable, move in solid phalanx
again?! Locofocoism, and rescue the Slale:from
its baneful influence. Who knows loo, bull ibis
may be ibe motit certain means of puttings a
quietus uKn-one of tbe humbugs at least which
ihe Locoloco success in the - State has forced
us, and which the western Whigs so much a.
Dominate 1 We mean the amendment of ibe
constuiion by the Legislature. We can all u
nite in opposition toikt. TAe Nevbernian. ,
This looks like a proposition for mum
policy, and a mum candidate for Governor.
Our Eastern friends should not deceive
themselves with the belief that tbe Wbigs
of tbe West will be satisfied to pursue an
equivocating course in the approaching
canvass. The present position of the
question of amendment of the Constitu
tion by. Convention or Legislative enact
ment, forces upon us tbe selection bQa
choice of methods. The Whigs of the
West, as with one voice, wilt decide in
favor of a Convention ; nor are they dis
posed to conceal their views, or to go jnto
tbe canvass without an open declaration
of them. The issue is to be made at some
time why not now ? The East might
find it greatly to their advantage to favor
a Convention at this time. By so doing
she would give assurance to the West,
that she was willing 10 demand nothing
beyond her doe, or to withhold from them
any thing to which I hey are justly enti
tled ; and this ol itself, so rational, would
conciliate many in this part of the State,
and destroy in a great degree that sec
tional feeling, which, if sustained and pro
voked by strong opposition, precludes al
most the possibility of an arrangement as
satisfactory to the East, hereaftery as un
der other circumstances might be safety
calculated on. At present, it is a contest
between the East; and West, in relation
to the platform oh which tbe Whig can
didate should take his position before the
people. The East says be should be t
lent in regard to a Convention. On jibe
other hand, we of this section, (and toe
have the Whig strength in the Staie.f co&
tend that he should come boldly out and
advocate a Convention. Which should
yield to the other? Should the majority
yield 7 Will they do it i "
We certainly have no desire, to add fuel to
an evil flame, and sincerely hope that the
WhigyConvention will be able to recon-'
cile ibis difference, and harmonise the par
ty in all parts of the State. But we verily
believe that nothing short of an open Con
vention for the amendment of the Consti
tution, and a bold avowal of that measure
in the approaching canvass will give Sat
isfaction to tbe West, or insure that hearty
zeal soessential to the success of the party.
i : k
The Eastern Terminus. The Newbern
Stockholders in the North Carolina Rail Road,
continue lu complain about a change in the lo
cation near Goldsborough. We think it it a
matter which should engage the serious at.
tention ot tbe Directors, and, if possible, so to
arrange it as 10 secure tbe interest and satis,
faction of all parties. 1 If it is practicable, we.
do not see why a depot at Goldsboro with a
branch 10 Waynesboro would not answer the
purpose, aad save at ibe aame lime, the build,
tag of a good deal off road. ! '--
h arlhy father's spirit " as the bottle
l?w theJSt; h foond it hidden
in the wood pil jand wonderedhat
GREAT WEBSTER MEETING IN N.
YORK.
On a call signed by upwards of ten
thousand citizens of the city of N. York,
a meeting was held on Friday evening
last in the great Metropolitan Hall, for
the purpose of nominating the Hon. Dak
iel Webstze for the Presidency of the U.
otates. v- .'!' f ; ;! -,;
; ThoNcrt!i .
name of Ja::z;
lorUovernor .
cordial support
tion, and is r.z c
as be is worthy
ijp The Amenc;
send out on t!.
from iBaltimcrc
toiLibena. 0
arrangements t
T iljCALi:
; By the politer,
cisco.'we bare (!
31st January, frc
lowing items :
;;jj7onN;B' VVel:
to the Senate cf 1
of ail years, frc r.
5 The number c "
arrived at San I
ouia 01 nianuarj ,
.which cleared 1!
- r r ...
;.j The GoTerncr
of 'the 30th Jan :
gate indettedne
lary, lo the 31st 1
339 74.1 ! To rr:
mends a careful t
system,: and mot
cure greater eLi:
and raore iprom-1
ceilectingajrent;.
tort in several r:
but bad made no
a larga part for t
StaieMvM;-
! 1 Prices.y-Tc.-lb
ii by the retail.
bo
al
a 6 cts. per i
ots, from ccar;
iJ
prices jransin
S i' ..i-i . '
Editors and IV
are fourteen Edit
islalure and six I
senate. ! iha .
Patriot is Mayor i
theRegisr and .
rtitssioners of ll.t
of the Milton C!.
bttionvAe Viglt
m mat magmnc,
of the Editors tf
live Colonel and
m
vn it
v - y
Some of the adventurers who recently
left New orkibrjCalifornia have return
ed to that! city, iafr proceeding as faWts
Panama, on account of their inability to
obtain a passage from that piacW iThey
report that there are at least five, thou
sanuTpersons on the Isthmus iwaitingjin
opportunity to embark for California, 1 -
Editors shou'J
ity urges '..us 1
make known to f
mission once ; !
Uounty Court to 1
tbe rockiest, stu
I bat ever jared c
cad to relate, hu
I ularity in makir
somebody took :
privpd il the h.
next session ot t'
! Jbince our brc
courage lo disre,
rally belongs to V.
son 'why we nia?
once oflered our 1
ny as .first cor,
without opposiii
inated another c:
as be" said: Our
--trery shabby, r :
be no race at a!'.
ij - j :. :.v . f : .
only as a joke on t:
Km; on ihe If ft cf
and always thor '
gy for afor a ?
laughed at hv t
feen a military c
(bought of that ( :
r i,;m rr -I hot t y
1 1 I . "
I EC The U
few days ago i;
frightened t!.
much wherev. r
necessary to 1 '
German, but tu
are not able to ?
to know whero
is going to. v,
Mail, He is r;
derstand, but i.
with bim. betl
oft thread, cr
such like. 7S
hlm.'Grahar.i
; -Is not thi; .
confident thr.: -than
yesterday
tion of the Jc : :
put on our c
he went in tic :
fiThal.yglj :
Uat large bu: I
! DOft Some!
JJgly manw 1;
leaves home,
He can be f - -any
day, va!i
is said to ket ;
too. Carcli:
Who can it !
the same tin ?
A friend at c
qqiry thus: I
fellow prctt
had been mr..!
ed by the he:!
from that n;
feet, the top cf'
first." t We L.v.
if I I 1 .; 1
SEIZURE cr
Tbe royal r
reached IJostc ; .
been seizrd l r
port, on the c!. :
tbe amount cf.
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